Cartridge-loading machine.



Patented luly I8, |899.

. No. 629,|2o.

J. H. BARLW.

CARTRIDGE LOADING MACHINE.

(Application filed Aug. 10, 1898.)

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No. 29,|2o. 'Patented 1u|y|s, |899.

.1. H. BAnLow. CARTRIDGE LOADING MACHINE.

(Application led Aug. 10, 1898.)

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JOHN ll. BARLOW', OF NEV HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

CARTRIDGE-LOADING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 629,120, dated July 18,1899.

Application filed August 10, 1898. Serial No. 688,236. (No model.)

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Beit known that l, JOHN I'LBARLOW, a citizen of the United States,and aresident of New Haven,in the county of New Haven and State ofConnecticut,have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCartridge-Loading Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in cartridge-loadingmachines, such as are employed for loading rifie, pistol, and shotgunshells.

The present invention is a further improvement upon that class ofmachine shown and described in my former patent, No. 547,058, of Octoberl, 1895. In that instance provisions are made for adjusting both theshot and powder measuring chambers whereby either can be quickly andeasily changed to deposit larger or smaller charges of ammunition. Mypresent improvement provides for amore accurate and smaller adjustmentof the measuring-chambers and whereby speed and accuracy are alsoinsured. Itfurtherprovides for an intermediate measuring device, wherebya priming or additional charge can be measured and deposited .into theshell, as will be later more fully described.

At the present time many shooters desire a small quantity of some one ofthe various grades of smokeless powders deposited at the base of theshell as a primer, which in practice is followed by a large charge ofblack powder. Others again use a multiple charge of different grades ofpowder-rst, a small charge of slow-burning powder, followed by anothercharge of quicker-burning, and, lastly, a charge of quick powder. Thegases thus generated are claimed to result in less recoil, increasedvelocity, and penetration, as well as accuracy.

It will thus be obvious that my invention is to supply the requirementsof the above style of loading, and particularly to provide means forhandling extremely-small charges quickly and uniformly.

iVith the above objects in view my invention resides and consists in thenovel construction and combination of parts set forth in theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and uponwhich similar letters of reference denote like or corresponding partsthroughout the several figures, and of which- Figure l shows aperspective View of a loading-machine embodying my improvements. Fig. 2is a central vertical longitudinal seotion. Fig. 3 is a central verticalcross-section on line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective Viewof a rotary carriagecomprisin g the severalammunition-measuringchambers. Fig. 5 is a further detail of said. cylinders, representing acentral vertical longitudinal section thereof. Figs. 6, 7, and 8 show asectional plan, a sectional elevation, and an end view, respectively, ofa modified form of construction of my invention.

Referring to the characters of reference marked upon the drawings, Aindicates the base of my machine, which can be supported in any suitableway. lVithin this base and longitudinally therethrough is mounted arotatable carriage which, I designate by B. Beneath the carriage is afunnel-shaped co1npartment,throu gh which the different charges areconveyed to the shell. The top of the base is provided with sockets, inwhich are retained reservoirs C, D, and E, which may be employed toretain shot and two grades of powder, or they may be used for threegrades of powder, as preferred. It will further be seen that saidreservoirs are provided with ports c, d, and e, through which the powderis fed to the several compartments of the carriage.

The cylinder B, as before stated, is rotatable and is provided with asuitable handlev f, by means of which it is manipulated. Said carriagecomprises a tube having a central wall g, dividing the same into twochambers h and t. Vithin each of these chambers is fitted a plug j,which can be adjusted and locked in any desired position by means ofscrews k, as shown. rlhe chambers h and i above referred to are filledthrough the ports cl and e at such times when the cylinder is turned andsaid ports register therewith. Large charges of either shot or powderare measured within said chambers, as was the case in my former patent.

The above form of adjustment and shape of compartment was not entirelysatisfactory in all instances, and particularly when ad; j usted forvery small charges, since the chama @elaine ber was necessarily narrowand deep, which was slow to fill and frequently resulted in ununiformityof the charges when deposited. I therefore provide the opposite sidesand opL posite ends of the carriage with broad slits Z, in each of whichare fitted one or more adjustable plates m. This plate is madeadjustable by being provided with a slot n, through which aclamping-screw o passes for engagement in the plugs j before mentioned.From the above construction it will be obvious that the plugs areadjustable within the carriage and that the plates are adjustable uponthe plugs, thus permitting the plug to be shoved in against the centralwall g, as clearly appears at one end in Figs. 2 and 5, and the plateadjusted outward, forming a broad shallow chamber p, which is easily andquickly filled by either fine or coarse powder.

The cylinder B is further provided with an intermediate or primermeasiiringchamber q, which clearly appears in Figs. Sand 4. This chamberis preferably formed by boring and tapping a hole from the peripherythrough the shell of the carriage and into the wall g. Vithin said holesis fitted a screw r, which can be adjusted to vary the size of thechamber and the quantity of powder measured thereby.

In practical operation when using my machine for loading shells with twokinds of powder and one of shot the priming powder would be placed inthe reservoir C, the second powder in D, and the shot in E. Beginningwith the machine.in the position shown in Figs. l and 2 both thechambers q and h are in position to be filled from their respectivereservoirs, and by a forward turn of the carriage said supply is cut o,the priming charge in chamber q is first. deposited, this is closelyfollowed by the second from chamber h, after which the wad is insertedand driven home.

The carriage is then in position to receive its charge of shot, and by areverse one-half turn of said carriage it is brought to its normalposition and the shot deposited. vIf in rifle or otherv cartridges it isdesirable to use three kinds of powder, the third powder would be placedin receptacle E instead of 'the shot, as described.

From the foregoingit will be seen that I have devised means formeasuring powder of various kinds, also for measuring multiple chargesin a quick and handy manner, all of which may be delivered in the shellin uniform and accurate quantities, .large or small, one after theother, yet positively separated, one on top of the other, and not mixed.

The construction shown in Figs. 6, 7 and 8 embraces three plugs orplates each of which is independently adjustable within the -carr'iageto form the varying size of measuringchamber. The carriage in thisinstance is square, as will be apparent, and would be reciprocated byany suitable mechanism in a manner to carry the chamber back and forthfrom port of powder entrance to port of delivery for cartridge-shell.

In this my invention I do not wish to be limited to the details ofconstruction shown, since my invention is broad and may be carried intoeffect in various ways without departing from the essence thereof.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

1. In a cartridge-loading machine, the combination withammunition-reservoirs, of shot and powder measuring chambers, eachprovided with two or more separate graduated pieces adjustable withinsaid chambers and in relation to each otlier,whereby there may be formedin each two or more distinct and separate measuring-chambers and themeasuring capacity of each of the chambers thus formed may be separatelyincreased or decreased, for said purpose specified.

2. In a cartridge-loading machine, the combination withammunition-reservoirs, of a rotary carriage bearing powder and shotmeasuring chambers, a powder-priming chamber located in said carriage ata position of less than ninety degrees from the position of thebefore-mentioned powder-measuring chamber, both of which chambers arethus adapted to receive powder at the same time from reservoirs locatedabove the same and to discharge successively, substantially as shown anddescribed.

3. In a cartridge-loading machine of the class described, thecombination in an am munition-carriage bearing longitudinally-adjustable plugs, shallow plates mounted on said plugs adjustablerelatively thereto, whereby the main chamber may be closed and form ashallow surface chamber, substantially as shown and described.

4C. A cartridge-loading machine comprising a tubular rotatable carriagehaving longitudinal slots in its walls, adjustable plugs therein formingshot and powder measuring chambers, adjustable plates mounted in saidslots and on said plugs whereby either deep or shallow chambers may beformed, an intermediate priming-chamber and reservoir to registertherewith.

5. A cartridge-loading machine comprising a carriage having a recesstherein, a plug adjustably mounted in said recess, a plate mounted onsaid plug and means for independently adjusting said plate to regulatethe size of the chamber formed thereby, substantially as shown anddescribed.

Signed at New Haven, in the county of New Haven and State ofConnecticut, this 27th day of July, A. D. 1898.

JOHN H. BARLOV. lVitnesses:

C. M. NEWMAN, J osEPH A. DERBY.

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